Whether you are teaching in a traditional classroom, at a distance, or online, CE+HD and University of Minnesota have the resources you need to enrich your learning environment through the use of technology and to support the needs of faculty and students.
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College & Campus Technologies
MyU is a web portal. It will help you organize and navigate through the millions of pages of electronic resources available from the U of M. The Portal allows you to get personalized information, interact with friends and colleagues, access your email and web-based courses, as well as create and distribute dynamic web content.
WebVista (formerly known as "WebCT Vista") is the University's course management software that enables instructors to create and manage Web-based learning materials and activities. Students use WebVista to access these materials and participate in learning activities via the Web. WebVista is used to support both classroom learning as well as distance learning at the University of Minnesota. For more information, please consult the WebVista Support site. Also, you can email WebVista Support directly at webvista@umn.edu.
Moodle is an open source course management system that provides instructors with a social constructionist pedagogical alternative to WebVista. Students use Moodle to access course materials and participate in learning activities much the same as with WebVista. The tools available in Moodle have an emphasis on group work, collaboration, communication, sharing, activities, and critical reflection. Moodle is widely used in the Minnesota K-12 system. For more information, please consult the Moodle Support site. Also, you can email Moodle Support directly at moodle@umn.edu.
The CEHD Survey Tool is the new survey tool used within the College of Education and Human Development. Users may utilize this tool to deliver web-based surveys, collect data from survey participants, export data into CSV or SPSS format, analyze results and generate new analyses on the tool itself. This tool has been developed to compensate for some shortcomings in the COST system such as simultaneous survey completion in a lab or classroom setting, and viewing matrix question results in SPSS. For support guides and How-To videos, please visit the CEHD Survey Tool Support site.
The UMWiki is a meeting place to work on common interests. Anyone can contribute using any web browser. UMWiki looks like a normal Web site except that it encourages contribution and editing of pages, questions, answers, comments and updates. "Wiki" systems are fundamentally editable web pages. It's a fun and useful way of communicating asynchronously over the web for many existing intranet and public Internet sites. TWiki is simple to learn and use. It aims to provide a transparent way for you to publish and exchange your ideas with others over the web.
This is the survey tool used within the College of Education and Human Development. It allows users to deliver web-based surveys, collect data from survey participants, and export data into useable formats for manipulation and analysis with software such as MS Excel or SPSS.
UMConnect enables University faculty, staff, and eligible graduate students to create content for the web and to facilitate communication, collaboration, and teaching and learning over the web through web conferences and webcasts. Students can use UMConnect to view UMConnect content and to participate in web conferences and webcasts. UMConnect support can be reached at umconnect@umn.edu.
Achieve your education and career objectives with a personal electronic portfolio from eFolio Minnesota. Digitally document and share your education, employment history, activities, and goals with whomever you choose whenever you want.
NetFiles is a service provided by the University wherein you may store up to 5gb of data for easy access from other locations. It is essentially a web-based fileserver where you may securely store data and retrieve it from any location where you can access the web. All faculty, staff, and students have access to this resource and it may be used collaboratively as well. For more information and support documentation, please visit the NetFiles Support Site.
Faculty members at the University of Minnesota may be eligible to receive the Faculty Toolkit, a collection of free and reduced-price multimedia software available to instructors to use for University course development and instructional purposes. Software is distributed through ADCS and eligibility is limited to certain classifications of instructors and tenure-track positions. The current toolkit contains Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Photoshop, Macromedia Authorware, Macromedia Director, Macromedia Dreamweaver, and Macromedia Flash.
Library Resources
UThink is available to the faculty, staff, and students of the University of Minnesota, and is intended to support teaching and learning, scholarly communication, and individual expression for the U of M community. All you need to login and start blogging is your U of M Internet ID and password. UThink Support is available at uthink@umn.edu.
Mobile librarians are available on a limited basis one afternoon a week for a "house call" in your office, Wilson Library (West Bank), Magrath Library (St. Paul Campus), or other college location. This service is available to all college staff, faculty, and students.
RefWorks is a web-based citation manager provided by the University of Minnesota Libraries for all U of M- Twin Cities' faculty, students, and staff.
